Long-term follow-up results of laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the long-term follow-up results of laparoscopic pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction.

Materials and methods

Sixty-five patients (mean age, 43.8 years) who underwent standard laparoscopic pyeloplasty by transperitoneal approaches were enrolled in this study. The chief complaint was flank pain (n=57 patients); the remaining cases were detected incidentally. Twenty-three patients had undergone previous abdominal surgeries, including open pyeloplasty and endopyelotomy. Mean stricture length was 1.06 cm. Grade 3/4 and 4/4 hydronephrosis was detected in 36 and 14 patients, respectively. An obstructive pattern was present on the renal scan in 53 patients (81.5%).

Results

Fifty-seven patients were treated with dismembered Anderson-Hynes pyelopl

SUBMITTER: Seo IY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4198764 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature